older soci 375
library research workshop
SOCIOLOGY LIBRARIAN
susie.breier@concordia.ca
every day
under sociology see:
today's CONTEXT
You are about to submit a PROPOSAL for your final TERM PAPER. Your guidelines tell you to:
- "Attach a preliminary BIBLIOGRAPHY of 3-5 peer-reviewed SCHOLARLY articles or books that seem relevant to your interpretive problem"
- locate "...DISAGREEMENTS among scholars, GAPS in knowledge"
- follow customary scholarly CITATION format (ie MLA or APA) ...and carefully acknowledge your sources."
What do YOU want to cover today?
tell me here:
- ACCESS resources at Concordia and beyond
- FIND material that is RELEVANT to your topic / problem
- Trace scholarly CONVERSATIONS using "Cited by" in Google Scholar
- Make sure material is SCHOLARLY / peer-reviewed / academic
- Enter KEYWORDS in Library Databases (search strategies)
- Format your CITATIONS (APA / MLA) & use tools like ZOTERO
OUR Agenda
accessing resources at concordia & beyond
Search for specific library books, ebooks, articles and films
what if the library doesn't have it ONLINE?
request a book and pick it up later....
or request a CHAPTER scan online!
what if the library DOESN'T have it at all?
search for it in any library worldwide:
... and simply request it!
another way to search worldwide:
set your search options on the left
CONFUSED? Still not sure whether we have it or not?
to find scholarly articles or books
related to your topic / problem
where wouldyou search?
tELL your CLASSMATES
Search for specific library books, ebooks, articles and films
go beyond sofia to search for topics...
my tentative topic / problem
In looking at recent writings and posts about polyamory and non-monogamy, I keep coming across discussions of bisexuality. For example:
How do both popular and academic discourses around bisexuality -- especially those purporting to debunk stereotypes -- actually work to reinforce assumptions and colonial constructs around non-monogamy?
my tentative topic/question
finding references for my tentative biliography...
sociology databases
SEARCH EXAMPLES IN DIFFERENT DATABASES
combined
...or one at a time
GOOGLE SCHOLAR "CITEd by" -
A different search EXAMPLE:
I loved Kim TallBear's 2014 article: "Standing With and Speaking as Faith: A Feminist-Indigenous Approach to Inquiry".
I want to find more recent articles that engage with (ie that cite) this work, but that also deal with my current tentative research topic, policing and Indigenous peoples.
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review / reminder:
find databases using
subject guides
for your own further review:
sample searches on "CLIMATE CHANGE"
in various databases:
- Sofia
- Google Scholar
- iPortal
- Anthropology Plus
what about other subject areas?
climate change in Sofia:
climate change in Google Scholar:
climate change in iPortal:
CLIMATE CHANGE in anthropology plus
how would this search be different in gender studies database?
try it for yourself
scholarly / Peer-reviewed / academic
In some Library Databases you can use a checkbox:
TEST YOURSELF:
is it academic / scholarly /
peer-reviewed?
which one(s) is/are scholarly?
This is a resource aimed at practitioners and researchers, but it is not written by an academic describing a research study or a theoretical framework. Though it casually refers to other studies, it does not seriously engage with other academic research and has NO BIBLIOGRAPHY!
This IS an academic/scholarly/
peer-reviewed article. Important clues: academic language, author draws on scholarly theories and outlines their own. Long BIBLIOGRAPHY of references.
How to properly enter your KEYWORDS in Library Databases
search strategies
example of a keyword
combination in socindex
search tips & tricks for
library article databases
boolean operators, truncation, phrase searching:
another search example in this handout:
(YouTube, 7 mins)
Developing your search strategy: VIDEO
search strategy tip: keywords are not the only thing to think about!
Picking your topic takes strategy too
YouTube video, 3 mins
formatting referencES:
Zotero
& citation guides
what's the simplest way to properly cite?
it depends.
Start by picking a citation style
and consulting a:
use a citation style guides:
APA STYLE: typical examples
in-text citations
Hakkinen and Akrami (2014) found that “individuals are receptive to climate change communications, regardless of ideological position” (p. 65).
Research shows that people from any ideological background are open to hearing about climate change (Hakkinen & Akrami, 2014).
APA STLe: typical exampleS
Bibliography
What about automatic citation tools?
take your pick:
a) citation generators*
b) citation management tools*
a) citation generators
Many library databases (for example: Sofia Discovery tool, EBSCO and ProQuest databases) as well as Google Scholar will provide you with formatted citations in the style of your choice that you can copy and paste into your bibliography, reference list or works cited list.
Make sure to double check your generated citations - they are not always correct! Use those citation style guides to make sure all the required elements of the citation are present and correctly formatted.
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b) citation management tools
Sometimes also called bibliographic management tools, these allow you to:
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Download citations you find in library catalogues, databases, Google Scholar, and on the web.
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Store and organize citations, and prepare a bibliography or reference list automatically.
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Automatically format and insert in-text citations and a bibliography into papers you are writing with Microsoft Word, for example.
There are several citation management tools available.
Concordia Library provides support for ZOTERO...........
Make sure to double check your generated citations - they are not always correct! Use those citation style guides to make sure all the required elements of the citation are present and correctly formatted.
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Once those two steps are completed and everything is installed, go to your favourite library database or to Google Scholar, and search for articles on a topic.
At the top right corner of your browser you should see something like this:
If you don't see the folder icon (or an icon that looks like a sheet of paper or a book) click on the extensions icon (looks like a puzzle piece) and make sure that Zotero is PINNED. It will turn blue.
To save items to you Zotero library of citations, click on the folder icon (or paper or book icon if you are looking at only one citation)
By default ZOTERO tries to save items to your Zotero library in the desktop software you installed, but you can also choose to enable the Zotero Web library and save your citations online.
Zotero desktop library:
ZOTERO Web library:
Once citations are saved in your Zotero library you can create a bibliography:
- select the items you want to include
- click on the Create Bibliography icon
- select a citation style
- copy-paste the citations into your Word document
OR....
Once the Zotero desktop application is installed on your computer, the related plugins should automatically be integrated into whatever word processing software you have on your computer.
You can then insert citations and your bibliography right from within the word processing software.
